# "Bein's how..." Is it used in your neck of the woods? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392 "2012-02-01T04:36:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/21 "2012-02-03T05:36:29Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > You’re quoting a man that rhymed pickle with motorcycle. He can’t be trusted. I loved that song. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/22 "2012-02-03T05:45:18Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > It seems to me that one would just use the word “considering”. Sure could, but you could probably cut down the number of words in English by 95% or so if you did that everywhere. Then poor Roget would never have written his book. :(:(☹ ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/23 "2012-02-03T06:18:22Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > I’m from Ohio, and I use both “being as how” and “seeing as how.” I don’t recall them being pronounced as in the OP, though. _ **Here in Houston, I can’t think of anyone I know who uses those phrases** _. (bolding mine) Seein’s how you ain’t had the pleasure of meetin’ _ **me** _, it don’t surprise me none. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/24 "2012-02-04T06:15:56Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Yeah, they mean exactly the same thing. Neither expression is all that common around here (eastern Kentucky) but they’re not all that uncommon either, especially among older folks. To me “bein’s how” is more of a fact, a given. “Seein’s how” is more relaxed and open to interpretation. As in, “I’m fixin’ patada salad for Sunday’s eatin’ on the ground instead of my macaroni salad, seein’s how Melanie’s on a anti-Italian diet. Says it’s pasta what makes you fat.” If the sentence is ended with “aye God”…(not “By God,” it’s pronounced “aye God,”)… just do it and don’t ask questions if you want to keep hanging around or ever come back. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/25 "2012-02-04T06:24:32Z")
I have heard my grandmother use it. She was born in the backwoods of the southern Appalachians. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/26 "2012-02-04T06:29:28Z")
“Eating on the ground…” In years gone by people would bring covered dishes to share later after church was over, thereby enjoying a good meal and fellowship. At first they spread out quilts and such and sat on the ground. Later, picinic tables were built on the church’s site. Still are, and still used. I think bachelors liked this particularly, for the food and the “fellowship.” _wink_ ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/27 "2012-02-04T06:33:56Z")
seein’s how is something I’ve definately heard growing up in Norcal farm country. I’m sure I have heard it in some Hollywood movies from the 60’s or 70’s, like a good ol boy judge. Not sure if I’ve heard it lately here in the Pacific Northwest. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/28 "2012-02-04T07:14:36Z")
Definitely, beins how I’m from Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392/29 "2012-02-07T02:50:07Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > You’re quoting a man that rhymed pickle with motorcycle. He can’t be trusted. He did that. AND he rhymed it with “don’t wanna die” in the same canti- -cle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beins-how-is-it-used-in-your-neck-of-the-woods/611392.md?page=1)